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Music Beyond Borders musiciansPediatric care at Tijuana General HospitalGuardianes del Agua A.C.(La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to provide operational support to La PazCoastkeeper to implement its programs in the following areas: 1)water quality monitoring, 2) environmental education and publicoutreach, and 3) monitoring enforcement of the rule of law – $20,000;to coordinate the legal defense of el Mogote in the development ofEntremares, the second Mogote project planned – $4,800; forgeneral operating support – $55,000; for water quality monitoring,education, advocacy and enforcement, and beach concessionprograms – $20,000.Iberoamericana University Foundation(Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support the “Reading and Learning Skills”program, an initiative that implements the use of a “bookmobile” toreach out to poorer neighborhoods surrounding the IberoamericanaUniversity to help improve the reading and learning skills of thechildren from the nearby public schools, orphanages andhospitals – $6,750.Iemanya Oceanica(Westlake Village, CA, USA) to provide partial funding for equipmentto tag eight juvenile great white sharks at Guadalupe Island with thepurpose of understanding their early life history and provide basicinformation for the design of protective measures in Mexicanwaters – $10,000.Lake Chapala Society A.C.(Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico) to support the programs of the Lake ChapalaSociety, which include financial aid assistance to local youth,assistance to young girls that have been victims of domesticviolence, support for the local red cross chapter, and to supply foodto homeless an abandoned children in the village of San JuanCosala, Jalisco, Mexico – $11,000.Liga M.A.C.(San Jose del Cabo, BCS, Mexico) to support Liga M.A.C.’s ongoingprimary service projects: ACE (student support), Emergency MedicalAid and Despensa (Food Vouchers) – $70,000.Los Niños, Inc.(Chula Vista, CA, USA) to support the “Family Financial Security-Micro Enterprise” program. This grant will provide capital to threeloan groups in the US-Mexico border region (approximately 20borrowers) and support micro credit training/outreach – $10,000.Maijañuí, A.C.(San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico) to carry out community developmentprograms for “Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez” – $25,000.Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation of America(Molalla, OR, USA) to grant wishes for stage four breast cancerpatients – $3,000.Marine Conservation Science Institute(Fallbrook, CA, USA) to monitor the population of white sharks atGuadalupe Island through the use of satellite tagging and photoidentification– $13,930.Museo Sol del Niño(Mexicali, BC, Mexico) to support Museo Sol del Niño's “Energy andTechnology for our Environment” Program – $100,000.Noroeste Sustenable A.C.(La Paz, BCS, Mexico) for a sustainable horticulture garden at ElMangle in La Paz – $20,000.North Coast Cetacean Society(Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada) to purchase building materials for labconstruction – $5,000.Ocean Discovery Institute(formerly Aquatic Adventures) (San Diego, CA, USA) to support theBAHIA program, which will direct 21 youth through an intensive studyof the sciences in classroom-based, laboratory and field settings inBahia de Los Angeles, BCS, Mexico – $5,000.Optimist Club CSL- Project Kidsmart(Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico) support for English program,scholarships, uniforms, and shoes for 34 youth aged 12-18 in theCabo San Lucas area – $13,450.19